Matthew 16:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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¹⁶ Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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¹⁶ Simon Peter responded by saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 16:16 Cross References

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Psalm 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?

Daniel 6:26

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, enduring forever. His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.

Matthew 1:16

and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, who bore Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

Matthew 14:33

And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Matthew 16:15

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:54

Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Mark 14:61

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Luke 2:11

to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.

John 1:49

Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 11:27

She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 6:69

We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

Acts 14:15

“People, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 8:36

As they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?”

Acts 9:20

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

Romans 1:4

and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

2 Corinthians 1:19

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not “Yes and No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”

2 Corinthians 3:3

and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are human hearts.

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, as God said, “I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Deuteronomy 5:26

For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we toil and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

Hebrews 3:12

Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

1 John 4:15

God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:5

Who is it who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Revelation 7:2

I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,